Antero Resources vs Expand Energy
AR and EXE side by side, both in crude petroleum and natural gas. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How AR and EXE compare
Expand Energy is the larger company, worth 1.6 times as much as Antero Resources ($21.0B against $12.9B).
On earnings, Expand Energy is cheaper: it trades at 7.8× trailing earnings, against 12.1× for Antero Resources.
Expand Energy grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (59.3% versus 25.8% for Antero Resources).
Expand Energy pays a dividend yielding 2.5%; Antero Resources does not pay one.
Expand Energy scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 8 for Antero Resources), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | AR | EXE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $12.9B | $21.0B |
| Share price | $42.08 | $90.55 |
| Change, 1 year | 33.1% | −9.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 100% | 37.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.73 | 0.58 |
| Employees | 632 | 1,600 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 8 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 12.1× | 7.8× (better) |
| P/S | 2.1× | 1.5× (better) |
| P/B | 1.6× | 1.1× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.7× | 3.6× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 7.8× |
| FCF yield | – | 12.8% |
| Fair value | $43.02 | $111.34 |
| Margin of safety | 2.2% | 18.7% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 25.8% | 59.3% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.6% | 18.3% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 1250% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 130% | 2869% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 24.7% | 26.9% (better) |
| Net margin | – | 20.5% |
| FCF margin | – | 19.7% |
| Return on equity | – | 14.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.0% | 12.9% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.19 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.13 | 0.46 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 16.8× |
| Current ratio | 0.40 | 0.96 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 2.00 | 2.65 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.5% |
| Payout ratio | – | 27.5% |
| Buyback yield | – | 2.8% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 5.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 90.1% | 95.3% |
| Held by insiders | 6.5% | 0.31% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$10.8M | $877K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.6% | 4.2% |
Go deeper
- AR stock overview
- AR income statement
- AR valuation and score
- EXE stock overview
- EXE income statement
- EXE valuation and score
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